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Cheryl Allen | Alto
I am a project management consultant by profession, and Viva
gives me the opportunity to nourish my musical aspirations—I have learned
that I love to sing!
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Jennie Brown | Alto
I am an original Vivan and love the camaraderie, challenge
and joy of making beautiful music together.
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Mary Burns | Alto
I love to sing—anything from Green Day to Broadway tunes to Bach’s Magnificat.
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Odette Ledesma | Soprano
Singing is comfort food for my soul. I love Viva for giving
me the opportunity to do so in style.
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Evelyn Eaton | Soprano
Viva has been a major inspiration for me since its formation.
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Barbara Gehrels | Alto
Practicing jazz standards as a child with my grandmother at
the piano and evolving into a rhythm and blues vocalist with bay-area bands,
singing in a chamber choir at Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco and
now an Alto with Viva la Musica... it doesn’t get any better than this!
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Jane Goold-Caulfield | Alto
I am a speech pathologist and I enjoy harmonizing
everywhere and with whomever I can, including my howling Springer Spaniels,
but especially with Viva la Musica! I have learned so much and am so thankful
for Viva in my life!
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Helen Governale | Soprano
Being a Vivan keeps my voice in shape, I am challenged
with new music and the members are so friendly
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Gene Hall | Tenor
Bach must have loved tenors!
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Margaret Hall | Alto
Viva is learning, friends, fun, and lots of practice—all to
enrich, enjoy and embrace with music!
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Amy Jervis | Soprano
I divide my time between parenting, dead languages, history,
and Viva. I began singing with Shulamit ten years ago.
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Ann Keiffer | Soprano
I am a Viva cheerleader, artful-creator, color-bringer,
connection-maker, Holy Spirit-seeker-and-finder in our glorious music and
collaboration.
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Barbara Kelsey | Alto
I have been in Viva since the very beginning and I love
singing Alto. Harmony rocks!
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Shirley Crosetti | Soprano
I have enjoyed every minute of singing with this wonderful choir of excellent voices! I have been an artist and an interior designer, but singing with Viva has been the most fulfilling for me.
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Rose Neely | Soprano
Being new to the USA and away from home, Viva has given me a sense of family while allowing my love and passion for music to grow. |
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Pamela Nissley | Soprano
After years of singing pop covers, jazz standards, blues, a cappella and Big Band–including gigs at The Fillmore, The Mountain Winery, and as a back-up singer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno—I am delighted that Viva has brought me back to my roots, my first love, classical choral singing.
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Jane Lintott | Alto
I’ve been with Viva since before I retired several years ago–
singing, traveling, and making lots of good friends.
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Joni Podolsky | Soprano
I am a community engagement specialist who facilitates partnerships between nonprofits and corporations to create community benefit. There is no greater instrument to move the community than good music, and I am pleased to be a part of creating community benefit through music and Viva! Tina Polowyk – I am a Hewlett-Packard retiree and I appreciate this wonderful opportunity to have growth and learning experience singing with Viva.
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Sara McNinch | Soprano
Singing with Viva! is a treat I give myself every week.
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Silvia Pratt | Soprano
Viva keeps me on my fresh and happy. Memorizing the music
keeps me on my toes.
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Tina Polowyk | Soprano
I am a Hewlett-Packard retiree and have a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. What a wonderful opportunity it is to have this tremendous growth and learning experience to sing with Viva la Musica, also to have this rich interaction with all other singers.
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Gae Sares | Soprano
Viva has taken me to Carnegie Hall, enhanced my classical repertory and opened up new multi-cultural avenues for me.
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Matthew Reeve | Bass
I am thrilled to be a member, as Viva brings joy when
needed most.
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Mary Rouse | Alto
I sing with Viva because it keeps me centered and provides me
with immense enjoyment.
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Lynda Silva | Soprano
My third year with wonderful Vivans, I am feeling especially blessed to have sung at Carnegie Hall last June!
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Gail Whipple | Soprano
Viva is just one of my creative outlets: I am also a songwriter, web designer, advertising copywriter, ordained minister, community activist and life coach-in-training.
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Carla Von Merz | Soprano
Singer, ballroom dancer, and gardener extraordinaire in Montara!
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Tim Cooney | Tenor
As a church choir director, I help others to express themselves musically. Viva helps me refuel by singing incredible music with great people and a superior director. |
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David Silber | Tenor
This weekend I get to listen to the Met Opera do
OFFENBACH (the Tales of Hoffmann) and then sing BACH OFTEN (the
Baton of Hoffmann). A “magnificat” weekend...Viva la Musica!
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David Simon | Bass
Retired from software engineering to have more time for
choral singing, musical theatre, and film and television production.
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Regine Staufenberg | Alto
I work part-time for a children’s music school. I enjoy
the challenge of learning Viva’s repertoire and the fun we have performing it.
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Al Stuebing | Tenor
Former long hair, who is getting into singing long-hair music
with this fantastic group.
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Pat Velarde | Soprano
I have sung in various church choirs in the Bay Area for many
years and with Viva la Musica since 2002. Simply put, singing keeps me sane
and feeds my soul!
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Ian Ward | Bass
I work as a microscopist peering into the world of the very small.
To be part of a group making delightful music is doubly delicious.
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Tom Weaver | Bass
I’m a physicist and a yogi who does research on both cleaner
sources of energy and how the mind works. Singing is great for getting me out
of my head!
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David Lintott | Tenor
I started my musical career in the Sea Scouts in the Isle of
Wight. Later I sang in a chorus in Saudi Arabia. I have sung with Viva from
the beginning.
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Catherine Potenza | Tenor
Tenor from Mendocino Music Festival Chorus, happy to be here in San Mateo with Viva!
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Ken Scully | Tenor
With degrees in music but with a job crunching numbers all day long, I’m grateful to Viva for providing me the opportunity to express myself musically via fun and challenging repertoire.
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Tyler Souther | Tenor
Tyler is happy to be bach for his third season with Viva in the tenor section.
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Manuel F. Tabara, Jr. | Tenor
I am a retired and expired bank employee. Singing is on top of my list with dancing. It helps me put my grandkids, Eden and Christian, to sleep. Joining Viva is a therapy to heart and mind.
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Michelle Carter | Alto
A former newspaper editor, author and college instructor who has spent a lifetime attempting to make words sing, is now trying to do the singing herself.
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Therese Curotto | Soprano
As a visual artist my passions are for things that help my
spirit to grow: creating art and music. Interaction with fellow Vivans brings joy
and inspiration, it’s much more than notes, it’s like jewels that live in the heart
and soul.
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Virpi Portier | Alto
I am a music student and part time family assistant. My favorite thing to do in my free time is to spend time with my two horses, and practice natural horsemanship.
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Lisa Reiche | Alto
Although I keep busy working and volunteering, I always try to make time for beautiful music in my life, which is why Viva means so much tome. I enjoy sharing this love of music with my two children, Jenna and Max.
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Jordan Eldredge | Bass
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Michael Ruybalid | Bass
As an elementary school music teacher and choral
director, it is wonderful to work with such talented, eager, and dedicated
individuals in Viva! I feel blessed!
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Michael Venturino | Bass
Retired airline pilot who loves to sing.
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Tim Whipple | Bass
Tim’s formal musical training is in classical and jazz percussion, and he is enjoying the new musical perspective he’s gaining with Viva in his first serious venture as a singer.
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Janet Wilson | Alto
An anthropologist by avocation and an optician by vocation;
I am a raconteur, lover of animals, and photographer by habit, whose life has
been enriched by my experience with Viva as I never would have thought
possible.
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Seoung Lee Wilson | Alto
I am a retired college voice professor. To sing with
Viva is to be constantly challenged as a singer and a musician.
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Joyce Wright | Alto
Viva constantly challenges and inspires me… I’m always
learning new things and having a wonderful time! And you couldn’t find a
nicer group of people to share it all with.
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